5th Grade Halloween Task Cards (by date, latest first)

Get ready to transform your classroom into a "Spook-tacular" learning zone with our Halloween Ghost Bulletin Board Kit! This versatile resource is not just a festive decoration—it's a powerful tool for engaging students in creative writing and figurative language practice. Perfect for grades 3-6, this kit offers a seamless blend of education and Halloween fun.

What's Inside:

• Interactive Bulletin Board: Showcase your students' work with a vibrant, ghost-shaped and spooky season-themed display that captures the spirit of Halloween and brings your classroom to life. The lift-the-flap design adds a fun 3D effect, making it even more exciting for students as they eagerly discover what’s hidden underneath.

• Engaging Writing Activities: Inspire your students to craft their own spooky stories while sharpening their figurative language skills. These activities are designed to ignite creativity and make writing fun.

  • Layered Ghost writing paper is included as 2 page option, 1 page option, labeled figure of speech option, or blank options allowing for free write.

• Ghost-Shaped Figurative Language Task Cards: Whether used for centers, group work, or independent practice, these ghost-shaped, spooky season-themed task cards provide a hands-on way for students to master similes, metaphors, alliteration, and more—all while staying on theme with Halloween. Ghost themed recording sheet and answer key included. Task cards include: Alliteration, Hyperbole, Idiom, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Personification, and Simile.

Why Teachers Love It:

• Creative and Interactive: Elevate your classroom decor while also providing a meaningful, educational experience.
• Lift-the-Flap Fun: The 3D effect of the flaps engages students, adding a layer of curiosity and excitement as they discover what’s underneath.
• Flexible Implementation: Use the writing activities and task cards in literacy centers, as homework, or for fast finisher activities.
• Student Engagement: With a mix of creativity and skill practice, this resource keeps students motivated and learning, even as the Halloween excitement builds.

How to Use:

1. Set Up the Display: Start by arranging the bulletin board with the ghost-shaped cutouts and display student work. Don’t forget to include the lift-the-flap elements for that extra touch of fun!
2. Incorporate Writing Activities: Integrate the writing prompts into your literacy lessons, allowing students to explore figurative language in a spooky context.
3. Practice with Task Cards: Use the ghost-shaped task cards for independent work, group activities, or even as a fun Halloween-themed review session. Print, Cut, Stack, and Staple to create lift the flap ghost task cards.

Bring a touch of Halloween magic to your classroom with this all-in-one bulletin board kit that’s sure to be a hit with your students while reinforcing essential language arts skills!

Interested in other Figurative Language Resources? Check out these posters!

Intereseted in other Fall Bulletin Boards? Check out this one!

Interested in other Fall Writing Activities? Check out these writing prompt slides!

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Looking for a Halloween-themed, engaging and informative reading comprehension activity? This scavenger hunt is designed to help students practice skim reading, looking for context clues, and learn some useful vocabulary.

It’s perfect for EFL / ESL students at the B1/B2 level and can also be used for native English classes at grade levels 5th - 7th. With low prep, just print and hang, it contains 10 reading passages connected with Bram Stoker’s book Dracula.

The scavenger hunt is designed so that students have to revisit and reread the reading passages multiple times when looking for code words. The answer to each question is located on a different reading passage card. Once students have answered all the questions, they unscramble the letters to reveal the final answer - the name of the murderer.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

♥ 10 reading passages

♥ answer sheets

♥ mission page

♥ directions

♥ teacher answer key

♥ conclusion

Options for use:

☻Independent Work

☻Pair Work

☻Sub plan

☻Stations

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Make Halloween exciting and engaging with this Halloween Riddles Task Cards & Scavenger Hunt! This fun and interactive halloween activity is perfect for Year 3-6 students, encouraging teamwork, critical thinking, and problem solving skills.

Halloween Scavenger Hunt Product Features:

• 8 Riddle Task Cards: Each card features a unique Halloween riddles designed to challenge and entertain students.
• Group Activity: Students work in small groups to solve each riddle, promoting collaboration and communication.
• Scavenger Hunt Format: Solving the Halloween riddles leads students through an exciting scavenger hunt around the classroom or school, adding an element of adventure and discovery.
• Easy to Use: Simply print and cut out the task cards, distribute them to student groups, and let the fun begin!
• Versatile: Perfect for Halloween week, team building exercises, or any time you want to add a bit of fun to your classroom routine.

How It Works:

1. Divide Students into Groups: Create small groups to foster teamwork. This could be a great opportunity when heading back to school for students to work with someone they don't know.
2. Distribute Task Cards: Display the cards around the room for students to find.
3. Solve the Halloween themed Riddles: Groups work together to figure out the answers to each riddle.
4. Scavenger Hunt: Each solved riddle means they can move on to the next back to school riddles! The first team to find and answer all the riddles is the winner!

Benefits:

• Engages Students: Keeps students motivated and excited to learn during Halloween week!
• Develops Skills: Enhances problem solving abilities, critical thinking, and cooperative learning.

Kick off Halloween with an activity that combines fun and learning! Halloween Riddles Task Cards & Scavenger Hunt will make your classroom a place of laughter, teamwork, and intellectual growth.

Looking for more Halloween resources? Check out these! Perfect for Halloween literacy centres!

Halloween Readers Theatre

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Halloween Activities Book

Halloween Writing Prompts

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Halloween Writing Prompts for Year 3-6: 16 Spooky Story Writing Cards

Unleash your students' creativity this Halloween with these Halloween Writing Prompts—a set of 16 captivating story writing cards tailored specifically for Year 3-6 students. These prompts are designed to bring a touch of spooky fun to your classroom while enhancing your students' writing skills.

Each card presents a unique Halloween themed prompt, encouraging students to craft imaginative stories filled with haunted houses, friendly ghosts, mysterious creatures, and magical adventures. Whether you're looking to spark creativity during writing sessions or need engaging activities for your literacy centers, these prompts are the perfect solution.

Why Teachers Love These Halloween Writing Prompts:

• 16 Unique and Engaging Prompts: With 16 different story ideas, students can explore a variety of spooky scenarios. From eerie forests to enchanted broomsticks, each prompt is crafted to captivate young imaginations and encourage creative storytelling.
• Perfect for Literacy Centers: These writing cards are an excellent addition to your literacy centers, providing a focused and independent activity that students can work on at their own pace. Simply set up the cards, and let your students dive into their next Halloween adventure.
• Enhances Writing Skills: Each prompt is designed not just to entertain but also to develop key writing skills. Students will practice constructing narratives, building suspense, and using descriptive language, all while having fun with the Halloween theme.
• Versatile Classroom Use: Use these prompts in a variety of ways—during dedicated writing sessions, as early finisher activities, or as part of a Halloween-themed lesson plan. They’re also perfect for group work, where students can collaborate on writing stories based on a shared prompt.
• Encourages Imagination and Creativity: These prompts are crafted to ignite students' imaginations. From solving the mystery of the missing pumpkins to discovering the secrets of a haunted library, your students will be inspired to think creatively and write with enthusiasm.
• Ready to Use and Easy to Implement: The writing cards are designed for easy, hassle-free use. Simply print, distribute, and watch as your students engage with the prompts, crafting stories that are sure to be full of Halloween spirit.

Add Some Halloween Magic to Your Classroom:

Bring the spooky season to life with these Halloween Writing Prompts. They’re a fantastic way to make writing fun and relevant for your students, encouraging them to develop their literacy skills while exploring the magic and mystery of Halloween. Whether you're looking to inject some seasonal excitement into your lessons or need a creative way to support your literacy goals, these story writing cards are the perfect tool.

Get ready to see your students' imaginations run wild with these Halloween writing prompts, turning your classroom into a hub of creative storytelling and spooky fun!

Get ready for a spooktacular math adventure with our Halloween Adding and Subtracting Decimals Task Cards! Perfect for 4th and 5th graders, these engaging task cards incorporate fun Halloween themes to make learning decimals exciting and enjoyable.

What's Included:

• 20 Unique Task Cards: Each card features a Halloween-themed word problem involving adding and subtracting decimals.
• Answer Key: An answer key is included for easy grading and classroom discussion.
• Printable PDF Format: Easily print and cut out the cards for classroom use.

Engage your students writing this Halloween with creative Halloween writing prompts! This resource includes the fun of Would You Rather Halloween-themed questions with interactive writing activities available in a print pdf format. You get 9 pages of task cards, 4 to a page. 36 Would You Rather cards in all! Perfect for building writing skills, class discussions, and boosting creativity in your classroom or at home.

Why You’ll Love This Resource

• Boosts Student Engagement: Get your students talking, thinking, and writing with Halloween Would You Rather questions that spark curiosity and creativity.
• Versatile Use: Ideal for writing prompts, classroom discussions, community-building activities, polls, brain breaks, or even daily journal entries.
• Interactive and Fun: Students can discuss their choice in small groups or whole group, or print their responses, giving them flexibility to write or discuss.

Printable:

• 36 Task Cards / Writing Prompts - with color clip art. Can be printed in black and white by choosing grayscale as a print option.
• 3 Printable sheets for students to organize their thoughts and write out their answers.

How to Use This Resource:

• Classroom Writing Prompts: Use the Halloween writing prompts to encourage students to develop their writing skills by exploring fun, spooky scenarios.
• Class Discussions & Brain Breaks: Facilitate conversations using the Would You Rather questions, encouraging students to share and explain their opinions.

Your students will have SPOOKTACULAR Halloween fun this school year with this activity. Halloween Would You Rather is always lots of fun for students!

Engage your students writing this Halloween with creative Halloween writing prompts! This resource includes the fun of Would You Rather Halloween-themed questions with interactive writing activities available in a print pdf format. You get 9 pages of task cards, 4 to a page. 36 Would You Rather cards in all! Perfect for building writing skills, class discussions, and boosting creativity in your classroom or at home.

Why You’ll Love This Resource

• Boosts Student Engagement: Get your students talking, thinking, and writing with Halloween Would You Rather questions that spark curiosity and creativity.
• Versatile Use: Ideal for writing prompts, classroom discussions, community-building activities, polls, brain breaks, or even daily journal entries.
• Interactive and Fun: Students can discuss their choice in small groups or whole group, or print their responses, giving them flexibility to write or discuss.

Printable:

• 36 Task Cards / Writing Prompts - with color clip art. Can be printed in black and white by choosing grayscale as a print option.
• 3 Printable sheets for students to organize their thoughts and write out their answers.

How to Use This Resource:

• Classroom Writing Prompts: Use the Halloween writing prompts to encourage students to develop their writing skills by exploring fun, spooky scenarios.
• Class Discussions & Brain Breaks: Facilitate conversations using the Would You Rather questions, encouraging students to share and explain their opinions.

Your students will have SPOOKTACULAR Halloween fun this school year with this activity. Halloween Would You Rather is always lots of fun for students!